Chicopee Public Schools

Reading and Literature Strand

Kindergarten

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• 7.      Students will be able to understand the nature of written English, and the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds

•       of speech.

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• 8.      Students will be able to identify the basics facts and the main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.
   

• 9.      Students will be able to deepen their understanding of a literary or non-literary work by relating it to its contemporary context or

•       historical background.
   

• 10.  Students will be able to identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.
   

• 11.  Students will be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in literature and provide evidence from the text to support

•       their understanding.
   

• 12.  Students will be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from the

•       text to support their understanding.
   

• 13.  Students will be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structure, and elements of nonfiction or informational

•       materials and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
   

• 14.  Students will be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the theme, structure, and elements of poetry and provide evidence

•       from the text to support their understanding.
   

• 15.  Students will be able to identify and analyze how the author appeals to the senses, creates imagery, suggests mood, and sets tone.
   

• 16.  Students will be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of myths, traditional narratives,

•       and classical literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
   

• 17.  Students will be able to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of drama and provide evidence

•       from the text to support their understanding.
   

• 18.  Students will be able plan and present dramatic readings, recitations, and performances that demonstrate appropriate consideration

•       of audience and purpose.

      First Term Benchmarks

Introduced and Reinforced Each Term

• The following Reading and Literature strands should be introduced in the first term and reinforced throughout the school year:

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• 7.1              Demonstrate understanding of the forms and functions of written English.
   

• 7.2              Demonstrate orally that phonemes exist and that they can be isolated and manipulated.
   

• 7.3              Use letter-sound knowledge to identify unfamiliar words in print and gain meaning.
   

• 8.1                Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures and text.
   

• 8.2                Retell a main event from a story heard or read.
   

• 8.3                Ask questions about the important characters, settings, and events.
   

• 8.4                Make predictions about the content of the text using prior knowledge and text features (title, captions, and illustrations).
   

• 8.5                Retell important facts from a text heard or read.

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• 9.1        Identify similarities in plot, setting, and character among the works of an author or illustrator          

•             (Connections between Narrative Selections)
   

• 9.2        Identify different interpretations of plot, setting, and character in the same work by different.                   

•             illustrators (alphabet books, nursery rhymes, counting books).

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• 10.1          Distinguish among common forms of literature and identify such differences as these: (Nursery Rhymes)

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• 11.1      Relate themes in works of fiction and nonfiction to personal experience.
   

• 12.1            Identify the elements of plot, character, and the setting in a favorite story.(Characters and settings)
   

• 13.1            Identify and use knowledge of common textual and graphic features in order to gain meaning from a variety of

•              informational materials.
   

• 14.1      Identify a regular beat and similarities of sounds in words in responding to rhythm and rhyme in poetry.

•              (Learning a Nursery Rhyme)
   

• 15.1            Identify the senses implied in words appealing to the senses in literature and spoken language. (sense words)
   

• 16.1              Identify familiar forms of traditional literature read aloud. (Mother Goose rhymes, fairy tales, lullabies)
   

• 16.2              Retell or dramatize traditional literature.
   

• 16.3              Identify and predict recurring phrases in traditional literature. ("Once upon a time")
   

• 17.1              Identify the elements of dialogue and use them in their own informal plays.
   

• 18.1              Rehearse and perform stories, plays, and poems for an audience using eye contact, volume, and clear enunciation appropriate to the selection.

Second Term Benchmarks

• 9.1                  Identify similarities in plot, setting, and character among the works of an author or illustrator.

•               (Orally Compare Several Versions of Literature)
   

• 10.1        Distinguish among common forms of literature and identify such differences as these: (Figurative Language/Listening for Rhymes)
   

• 12.1        Identify the elements of plot, character, and setting in a favorite story. (plot)

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• 14.1        Identify a regular beat and similarities of sounds in words in responding to rhythm and rhyme in poetry. (Listening for Rhymes)

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